Author: Gateway Gazette Contributor

  • Touch Forms the Foundation of the Powerful Human-horse Relationship

    Touch Forms the Foundation of the Powerful Human-horse Relationship

    Two recent films, “Lean on Pete” and “The Rider,” explore the transformative quality of human-horse relationships. Both films center on young men: One deals with the trauma of poverty and loneliness, the other struggles to rebuild his life after a horrific brain injury. For each, salvation is found in the relationships they form with their…

  • High River: Southeast Main Replacement Phase 5B Begins June 8 

    High River: Southeast Main Replacement Phase 5B Begins June 8 

    HIGH RIVER, AB: Blackie Site Works Ltd. has been contracted by the Town of High River to replace damaged underground sanitary sewer and water infrastructure as part of the Town’s ongoing underground infrastructure program.  Starting on June 8, there will be a road closure 10 Avenue S.E. between Centre Street and 1 Street S.E., including…

  • Alberta RCMP Reminds Road Users that #SummerSafety is a Shared Responsibility

    Alberta RCMP Reminds Road Users that #SummerSafety is a Shared Responsibility

    Edmonton, Alta. – Alberta’s highways are busy places, and in the summertime, there are more trucks, tractor-trailers and buses on Alberta roads. This greater mix of vehicles increases the risk of commercial and passenger vehicle collisions. The Alberta RCMP reminds motorists that every road user has a part to play in ensuring their own #SummerSafety, and that…

  • Red Deer RCMP Investigate Escape from Remand

    Red Deer RCMP Investigate Escape from Remand

    Red Deer, AB – Red Deer City RCMP with the assistance of the Red Deer Police Dog Service are currently investigating the escape of four prisoners from the Red Deer Remand Centre in Red Deer, Alberta.  Police were alerted to the incident at approximately 00:15 am this morning.  One subject has been located and taken into custody and…

  • Gender-inclusive “X” Option for ID Documents

    Gender-inclusive “X” Option for ID Documents

    The Alberta government is taking an important step in advancing human rights, diversity and inclusion in the province. Albertans are now able to choose Female, Male or “X” on their driver’s licences, ID cards and vital statistics records, such as birth certificates and death certificates. “It matters how we treat one another. By introducing an…

  • United Conservative MLA Prasad Panda Discusses Market Access in Manitoba

    United Conservative MLA Prasad Panda Discusses Market Access in Manitoba

    EDMONTON, AB – Prasad Panda, United Conservative Energy Critic and MLA for Calgary Foothills Party traveled to Manitoba to discuss market access and mutual economic concerns with members of Manitoba’s Cabinet in Winnipeg and Town of Churchill stakeholders. On May 31 Panda met with: Honourable Ralph Eichler, Minister of Agriculture and MLA for Lakeside Honourable Eileen Clarke,…

  • Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project — Participant Funding Allocated

    Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project — Participant Funding Allocated

    Ottawa — Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) has allocated $930,048.05 in federal funds to 17 recipients to assist their participation in the environmental assessment of the proposed Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project, located 15 kilometres west of Calgary, Alberta. The funding was made available through the Agency’s Participant Funding Program. It will assist the…

  • Turner Valley School: Wrapping Up Another School Year

    Turner Valley School: Wrapping Up Another School Year

    A community of lifelong learners prepared to succeed in the 21st Century through dynamic and engaging school experiences in a respectful and supportive environment. Believe it or not, the end of another eventful school year is coming to a close. June is a busy time of the year, where in the space of the next 4…

  • New Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre Coming for Calgary

    New Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre Coming for Calgary

    Alberta Health Services, Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation join forces to bring new and improved services, more timely access to care Story by Lisa Sutherland | Photo by Blain Fairbairn CALGARY — In partnership with the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation, Alberta Health Services is building a centre for child and adolescent mental health here to help…

  • Planet Waves Horoscopes: June 11 – 18, 2018

    Planet Waves Horoscopes: June 11 – 18, 2018

    By Eric Francis ARIES — Honor the science of communication. This week’s New Moon in Gemini takes place in the angle of your chart associated with written and verbal expression. That you have Gemini there is a blessing, as this grants you the ability to focus your ideas, if you apply the discipline and the…

  • Redesigned, More Secure Driver’s Licences Unveiled

    Redesigned, More Secure Driver’s Licences Unveiled

    New driver’s licences and identification cards will help protect Albertans against counterfeiting and ID theft and save government more than $1 million annually. To better protect Albertans from fraud, the government has redesigned provincial driver’s licences and ID cards with updated security features like clear windows, laser engraving and 3D embossing that makes it harder…

  • Turner Valley RCMP Arrest Suspects of Phone Cable Thefts

    Turner Valley RCMP Arrest Suspects of Phone Cable Thefts

    Millarville, Alberta – On June 4, the RCMP arrested and charged two males following an alarm at a Telus site indicating that cable had been cut.  The males were located at a nearby rural property, and the RCMP recovered a length of approximately 300 metres of copper cable. AT 3:30 a.m., Turner Valley RCMP were dispatched as…

  • Efforts of Homelessness Prevention

    Efforts of Homelessness Prevention

    Riana Fisher “We are becoming better at opening the back door of homelessness by assisting people to move out of this dire situation through providing them with necessary housing and supports” – A New Direction: A Framework for Homelessness Prevention   Introduction: What is Homelessness Prevention? Homelessness prevention is about finding ways to keep people from…

  • AHS Weekly Wellness: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: June 15

    AHS Weekly Wellness: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: June 15

    World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is every year on June 15. Drawing awareness about the abuse elders face can help the abuse end. Elder abuse can take many forms and affect any older adult, regardless of their background, health or heritage. Theft or financial control is the most common form of elder abuse but it…

  • Safe School Zones: Infographic

    Safe School Zones: Infographic